NAME
chcon - change file security context
SYNOPSIS
chcon
[OPTION]... CONTEXT FILE...
chcon [OPTION]... [-u USER] [-r
ROLE] [-l RANGE] [-t TYPE] FILE...
chcon [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE
FILE...
DESCRIPTION
Change the SELinux security context of each FILE to CONTEXT. With --reference, change the security context of each FILE to that of RFILE.
Mandatory
arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
too.
--dereference
affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is the default), rather than the symbolic link itself
-h, --no-dereference
affect symbolic links instead of any referenced file
-u, --user=USER
set user USER in the target security context
-r, --role=ROLE
set role ROLE in the target security context
-t, --type=TYPE
set type TYPE in the target security context
-l, --range=RANGE
set range RANGE in the target security context
--no-preserve-root
do not treat ’/’ specially (the default)
--preserve-root
fail to operate recursively on ’/’
--reference=RFILE
use RFILE’s security context rather than specifying a CONTEXT value
-R, --recursive
operate on files and directories recursively
-v, --verbose
output a diagnostic for every file processed
The following options modify how a hierarchy is traversed when the -R option is also specified. If more than one is specified, only the final one takes effect.
|
-H |
if a command line argument is a symbolic link to a directory, traverse it | ||
|
-L |
traverse every symbolic link to a directory encountered | ||
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-P |
do not traverse any symbolic links (default) | ||
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--help |
display this help and exit |
--version
output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by Russell Coker and Jim Meyering.
REPORTING BUGS
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright
© 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+:
GNU GPL version 3 or later
<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>;.
This is free software: you are free to change and
redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
Full
documentation
<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chcon>;
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) chcon
invocation'